Mechanical Turk then first publically displayed in the France and there he defeated the ambassador of USA in France Benjamin Franklin even including the best chess player of that time Francois-Andre Danican Philidor has claimed to have been given one to the toughest game of his life. Von Kempelen visited whole Europe exhibiting his Turk and returned to its original place and passed in 1804.Then Von Kempelen’s son sold his machine to the man named Johann Nepomuk Malzel for 10,000 Francs and Malzel was a character who stoles other inventions and takes the credits for that. BuB

Mechanical Turk the AI who plays Chess in 1770

And this time the great revolution of machine came in the long scale industries the invention by the Von Kempelen got the huge attention and now people started to fear the machine that it will took over the world like now we fear from AI. In 1819 the person known as the father of computer Charles Babbage faced the Mechanical Turk and off course he loosed his matches against him but by the loss the idea of machine thinking itself strikes in his head and after 2 years he developed his Computing Device usually known as Computer these days so many people were afraid and some were inspired.

So now you probably thinking that this is some sort of time travel mystery or you may link this story to the alien whatever but the reason behind this whole Mechanical Turk was something other than this and Edgar Allan Poe himself discovered the truth behind this machine.

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Artificial Intelligence in 1770 the Mechanical Turk!

Each of us contemplates the long-term future of our species at some point. Will we survive self-destruction? Will we migrate to the stars? Both as individuals and as a society, we typically call on imagination to ponder the big questions. Whether we choose to look 10 or 1,000 years into the future, we often seek the help of the science fiction artists, writers, filmmakers, and TV producers who can help us understand our place within the universe.

Visions of tomorrow inform the present and can inspire progress both socially and technologically. Astronauts like Mae Jemison and aerospace engineers like Bobak Ferdowsi and Elon Musk all speak of science fiction as a guiding influence for their careers. More significantly, science fiction can inspire everyday people to engage in visionary, long-term thinking.

If we are invested in a better future, we will be motivated to adapt and solve the problems we face now. Whether the future is portrayed as bright or dim, science fiction can coax us to think creatively by letting us leapfrog to the distant future where we may glimpse what radical change could look like.

A Different Perspective

These stories often imply that we will survive as a species and overcome our challenges; but there are also many counter narratives warning that even though we may progress as a society, dangers abound. Cautionary tales like The Terminator, Mad Max, or Alien can therefore be as illuminating as more optimistic stories such as Interstellar, E.T., Contact, or Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

A multi-generational perspective that is scaled to encompass interplanetary habitation enlarges our understanding of our context within the universe and discourages shortsighted actions. These kinds of broader views prioritize aspirations like peaceful coexistence and conservation.

The ability to transport people into the distant future also has inspirational value: Even though we currently lack the technical or social capacity to reach our goals, the vision of an eventual breakthrough breeds optimism and builds resolve. In an age of scientific reasoning and logic, people still seek hope and connection.

Connection and Hope

By providing imaginative ways to participate in events beyond our lifetimes, visions of the future can serve as beacons of faith and moral bearings for how we live today. Portrayals of a better tomorrow can also inspire actions that contribute to something greater than ourselves; when we emotionally invest in mythic ideas about the future, we feel empowered to actualize them. That sense of empowerment fuels purpose and fosters global communion with the rest of humanity. By taking a visionary stance, we can help equip our descendants for success.

Anything that helps people conceptualize the future, think beyond the present, and relate to characters with diverse identities is positive. Many classic space adventures aren’t centered around specific references to science, but they still provide imaginative glimpses of possibilities beyond today’s scientific reach. Sagas like Dune, Star Wars, and The Fifth Element portray a vast universe full of diverse worlds and extraterrestrial beings, and therefore offer powerful perspectives on humanity’s evolutionary course.

Moving forward, science fiction should be elevated to an academic level and recognized as more than a hobby or a fantastical escape. Where pure science can be difficult for some people to process, creative projections can make scientific theories more accessible to the general public, especially when communicated visually. In addition to inspiring scientists, engineers, and astronauts—as well as supporting STEM education—science fiction has the capacity to fuel the creative impulses of all kinds of people, including architects, designers, and politicians.

A Tool for Education

Carrying the torch for these visions of progress and sharing them with others can provide a sense of purpose in itself. I may not colonize another planet or develop technology that contributes to the goal, but by helping to cultivate the dream, I increase the possibility that others will find a way to get there eventually. And by this, I don’t just mean technological progress, but a more comprehensive transformation across society, including the abilities to improve environmentally, socially, and politically.

#####Everyone should seek out futuristic narratives in film, TV, and literature, and share them with the folks in their lives—especially young people. In this way, we can collectively shape ideals and concepts for a better tomorrow.

It is imperative for humankind to become increasingly self-aware and strategic on the larger scale of time and space; science fiction may be our most powerful tool for influencing popular thinking in this direction. Diverse visionaries in this field are greatly needed to produce intersectional concepts that push humanity toward a more promising trajectory. Whether we ultimately save ourselves and achieve cosmic migration or not, we can still have fun watching science fiction and participating in the dream of tomorrow, today.#####

Science fiction can inspire everyday people to engage in visionary, long-term thinking.

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Some of us might be thinking that if this universe is so big and is expanding every second then where are the other people? The astronauts say that there is 1 earth size planet that is in the habitable zone of its sun. Then where is the rest of the life? Maybe they are just type 1 civilization using their planet resources.We don't know much maybe they are so advanced that they can't understand us or so unadvanced that they again can't understand usThere may be a great filter that is there to destroy humans or we have already passed them. Continue reading for more on this topic.

Where Are We In The Universe?

There are 4 typesType 1 that takes only the resources of its planet.Type 2 that takes the resources of its sun!Type 3 that takes resoures of its galaxyType 4 that takes resources of many galaxies. We might think which are we. We are going to be type 1 in the near future.Then there will be races to make a inter galactic civilization.After achieving that we can be type 2, type 3, type 4 in a couple of million years Continue reading below.

Types of Civilizations

Scientists say there is a great filter in front of us. It lies different challenges in front of us.It is complex and maybe not even exist. This Filter raises two other questions.Are there any other civilizations out there that have passed the filter?Or is the filter just a small one and there is another bigger, larger and harder to pass one that lies after it. It just maybe that humanity needs to occupy the whole solar system and then we can face *voice tone changes to a very big giant*THE REAL THE GREAT THE MARVELLOUS AND HARD TO PASS GREAT FILTER!But why aren't we discovering aliens?

The Great Filter (Which can be a bit not so great after this)

We don't even know if we are before or after the filter and this is why scientists (well, some of them) don't want to discover Alien Civilizations. This is explained in more detail in the video of Kurzgesagt.Well, anyway, if the alien civilizations are more advanced and technologically better than us then we are actually behind the filter. But, but if the aliens are worse than us then we could be in front of the filter and that would prove that getting a brain is the most advanced thing humans have done.Continue Reading

So are we behind this Filter or in front of it? And answering the question that was in the idea before this.

We know that the planets were made by pieces of rock crashing together. And the scientists have made a hypothesis that the habitable planets could have formed millions of years ago and quite possibly life might have already generated and ended before humanity was created.We can also think that a 4th clash civilization might be spying on us and whenever we reach the type 4 stage they would/could do one of these things: - <ul><li>Kill us and take our resources.</li></ul>OR<ul><li>Be friends with us try to make a type 5 civilization in which we can inhabit the whole galaxy.</li></ul>

One thing more...

This universe is spanning every second (and is so ginormous). It is very unlikely for us to think we are alone. But if we are then we must become a type 4 civilization to keep humanity alive until the universe breathes its last breath and goes into eternal darkness. So this is me, knowledge4everyone signing out. Bye!

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These ideas are written thanks to Kurzgesagt. It is a YouTube that has millions of videos that help you to understand science much better.

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A Warp Drive, simply defined, is a theoretical device that distorts the shape of the space-time continuum in order to propel itself and speeds faster than light. In a nutshell, the fabric of spacetime is bent to the point where it refracts objects at incredibly high speeds. Again, hard to conceptualize, but very cool indeed. By understanding how spacetime warps, understanding a warp drive is very simple. So give it some thought! Come up with your own theories as to how it works and who knows? You might even win a Nobel peace prize for it!

What is a Warp Drive?

Although it might be hard to understand, it is still one of the most unknown and fascinating imaginary creations of our time!

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<ul><li>Retro-futurism can be summarized as the future seen from the past, though sometimes it also incorporates the notion of past seen from the future. </li><li> Sometimes, retro-futurism becomes a sort of “faux nostalgia” — a nostalgia for a future that never happened. </li><li>It is a way to envision how different world designs could look like. </li><li> It works as a retrospection for our society but also often leads to new creative ideas.</li></ul>

What is Retro-futurism? 

<ol><li>Cyberpunk</li><li>Atompunk </li><li>Alternate Histories</li><li>Steampunk</li></ol>

Types of Retro-futurism

Cyberpunk depicts a dark and dystopian retro-future with all the advanced technologies we can ever imagine. The world is controlled by evil organizations and is filled with pain, misery, and chaos. This genre is heavily explored in video games, comics, and popular movies like Blade Runner, Tron, etc.

Cyberpunk

Atompunk adds interesting elements to the retro-futuristic version of the 1950s. The industries are shown running on clean nuclear power, and the city life is faster than ever with bullet trains. Most popular depiction of atom punk is found in Fantastic Four comics, James Bond films, and cartoon shows such as Dexter’s Laboratory.

Atompunk

Alternate history explores changed versions of real historical events and reveals the connected consequences. For example, "What if Einstein is erased from history?", "How would our lives have been without the internet?"﻿﻿Books like Stephen King’s 11/22/63 and Kim Stanley Robinson’s Years of Rice are based on this intriguing idea.

Alternate History 

The 19th century marks an era that drastically transformed the human lifestyle. Steam engines ran and new industries emerged. Steampunk refers to a future that is based in 19th-century settings with grand steam-powered machines (such as steam aircraft, steam cannons, etc) at play.

Steampunk

It it said that the concept was first discussed in a late 1960s book "Retro futurism" by T.R. Hinchliffe. However, there isn't enough evidence to back this up. In the year 1983, an ad about Bloomingdale’s jewelry got published in the New York Times which said “silverized steel and sleek grey linked for a retro-futuristic look”. This was one of the earliest use of the term. Retro-futurism has been an active theme for artistic creation and products. For example, Back to the Future II, or the launch of the first iPhone in 2007, many fictional and real events depict retro-futurism.

The origin and cultural influence of retro-futurism

As an avid fan of retro-futuristic art I think it helps us to discover the limitless possibilities of what our society could be like which we could draw inspiration from. It also furthers the understanding of world we live in and helps us critic and praise it. 

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Retro-futurism and why it matters: a foray into alternative futures seen from the past

To look at whether time travel is possible we need to distinguish between travelling back and travelling forwards. “From a philosophical point of view, we are constantly time travelling! As we age in our ordinary everyday lives, we are forever travelling into the future'.  “The more interesting idea is being able to access a future everyone else is travelling slowly towards. So you move forward without ageing. And that, in theory, is actually perfectly possible,” he says.

Time TRAVEL- A One Way Ticket?

You may have heard of Cryogenics. This is when someone who’s died is frozen instead of being buried or cremated. The theory is they can be “woken up” in the future when we have the technology to bring them back to life. Or a machine or device could be developed so that some people age more slowly than others around them. This way they’d live longer and see a future beyond the average person’s life span.

Going Forward In Time

Another method might involve travelling in a rocket/spaceship at a very high speed, close to the speed of light. “We can’t establish equality with the speed of light but it is possible, in theory, to travel nearly as fast as the speed of light,” adds Dr Steane. So imagine you’re in a spaceship travelling very fast away from the Earth and you stay in orbit for a year. You'd age at the same rate as if you were still on the Earth, by a year, but when you returned, the earth may have aged hundreds of years. “This is way beyond the technology we have at the moment, but in theory, it's possible.”

So we may one day be able to time travel forwards but what about going back?“Here we hit the philosophical problem that always comes up when you discuss travelling back in time,” says Dr Steane. "Suppose you could go back in time and you accidentally killed your grandparents. Wouldn’t that mean you couldn’t exist either?"So how could you go back in time and see people who’ve died - some of them hundreds of years ago?It's very complex.

Going Back?

However, going back in time goes against the laws of physics- some processes are reversible and some irreversible.Processes like an avalanche can’t unhappen. Likewise, on a smaller scale, if you drop an egg, you can’t unbreak it.A spinning top or a pendulum, is reversible because it keeps moving, repeating itself. Nothing really happens. “Within physics, we’re very aware of these issues. The world is irreversible. And so are our lives. We grow, we age, we die,” says Dr Steane.You can’t reverse the effects of a catastrophic event. And that’s why going back in time is not likely to be possible.

If you’re feeling disappointed that we can’t literally travel back in time then remember there’s nowhere you can’t go in your own mind.Think about history lessons where you’re asked to imagine yourself in someone else’s shoes from long ago or when you look at old photos of fun times. That’s time travel. And what about when you read a book or listen to a story told by a grandparent?You can transport yourself to anywhere back in time and the beauty is you can come back. Since isn’t the greatest fear of time travelling getting stuck in a different time zone and never being able to return?

Your Very Own Time Travel

𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦?

From the beginning of time humanity connected to a collective sense of meaning through myths & stories. In the West, a lot of our identity is shaped by Christian stories. With the advent of technology, we moved away from superstition and embraced rationality & technology. SF in a way is plucking that hole, discussing the philosophy of science. Dune, for example, shares a lot of its narrative ark with Jesus's hero journey but replaces the historical background of Ancient Rome with space feudal lords.

SF is about the mythos of science

SF, the good SF at lest, is working on the same big questions we keep asking as human beings, but from a place of scientific understanding rather than assuming everything is God-made:<ul><li>What is our purpose in an infinite universe that does not seem to care about us?</li><li>Are we alone or there are other consciousness we can interact with?</li><li>Can we make our own path using technology? </li><li>Can we escape death? Can we become Gods?</li><li>What makes us human in materialistic universe?</li><li>What is good and evil if there is no ultimate judge?</li><li>How do we know what's real?</li><li>etc...</li></ul>

The big questions of a scientific world

Most SF starts with the assumption progress is going to be fully technological. 2001, the Stanley Kubrick movie, explores the idea that technology can only take us so far, & altering our consciousness is the real way fwd.In 2001, the rise of the human from the apes happens through the obelisk, an awakening event. And while humans evolve their tech to the point of creating a general AI, HAL9000, it turns out that the AI will inherit our human flaws. The ending of the movie, the psychedelic scene, is a statement that we have to upgrade our consciousness to go to the next stage.

Psychological Progress: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Dune explores the rise of a Messiah. We go from prince Paul Atrides to Muad'Dib. But his ark is not a traditional hero ark, as described by Cambell.Paul's abilities are transformed by the spice. he becomes a God only after taking on drugs.The book appeared during the Hippie Generation and while it's unclear whether Frank Herbert experienced LSD, it is a product of that culture. Paul goes on a drug-induced trip while the houses went to battle, just as the US students discovered LSD during the Vietnam war.

The psychedelic element in Dune

Dune, the movie, gave me a thirst for deep SF. I am so happy I discovered Damien, a SF nerd with a very philosophical analysis of SF. I stashed a few ideas that stuck with me.

The new Sci Fi epic Dune is one of the year's biggest releases, and one of the most anticipated science fiction films in years. At Rebel Wisdom we are taking this opportunity to ask some deeper questions, including what is the meaning of Sci Fi? And what are the stories we are choosing to tell saying about us, who we are, and who we want to be? This is a discussion delving into these questions with the host of the Sci Fi podcast, and big fan of Rebel Wisdom, Damien Walter. He talks about how sci fi reworks the timeless stories of our core mythologies, reworking spiritual and religious truths for new secular audiences. We will be hosting a conversation on Sci Fi and more with Damien in our Digital Campfire on Monday 1st November, so if you'd like to join that, sign up as a Rebel Wisdom member: https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/plans

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The new Sci Fi epic Dune is one of the year's biggest releases, and one of the most anticipated science fiction films in years. At Rebel Wisdom we are taking this opportunity to ask some deeper questions, including what is the meaning of Sci Fi? And what are the stories we are choosing to tell saying about us, who we are, and who we want to be?

This is a discussion delving into these questions with the host of the Sci Fi podcast, and big fan of Rebel Wisdom, Damien Walter. He talks about how sci fi reworks the timeless stories of our core mythologies, reworking spiritual and religious truths for new secular audiences. 

We will be hosting a conversation on Sci Fi and more with Damien in our Digital Campfire on Monday 1st November, so if you'd like to join that, sign up as a Rebel Wisdom member: https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/plans

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When our existing assumptions and ways of thinking break down, it’s the rebels and the renegades, those who dare to think differently, who are needed to reboot the system. 

Rebel Wisdom is a transformational media channel founded by BBC & Channel 4 journalist David Fuller, and writer Alexander Beiner.

We believe we are seeing a civilisational-level crisis of ideas, as the old operating system breaks down. The new is struggling to emerge – and the most transformative ideas always show up first as rebellious. 

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A confusing vagueness of our existence all leading to one conclusion

The Theory 

The universe is endless but maybe not, there is life on other planets but maybe not ,maybe the sun will rise tomorrow , maybe the world will end tomorrow .The world is so full of theories but maybe it is a theory , our mind just takes the most realistic theory possible and makes it the real world for us .But what exactly is 'real ' in the life , we all depend on our senses to see the world around us but there are innumerable things which are protected by our senses . The things that human life can never see or believe . The things we see , how much of it is real, if I say so myself nothing in

this world is real and nothing in this world is impossible .There is a theory that there are multiple universe well if we say that every thing is possible , then maybe there are multiple universe . Maybe there is a universe where the universe is just born , there maybe a universe that has ended . Maybe there is a universe where the British never came in India ,or maybe there is one in which they never left . Maybe there is one universe where the world war didn't occur , maybe there is a one in which the whole world is at war , well it's all just a theory.There is a theory that says blackhole

and whitehole together make worm holes ...Well few theories like which I mentioned are at least a bit theoretical to humans....But some theories like mermaids , aliens , fairies , are all considered illusions and myths . But if all is possible , then this theories are maybe true , I mean truly our origin suggest that we lived in water once,maybe there are beings who evolved to live in water again or to fly . And as we all know if there are multiple universe then there is a chance to encounter alien life , honestly these are all the the big theories but there are theories like quantum theory ,

ocean theories, which deepens our interest further into the depths of earth and ourselves.The world , the universe , the sun ,the moon , we don't know and we can never know what is really real what is not but the fact is everything has a cycle of its own which repeats itself...There is a time when a star is born through big bang and there is a time when it dies through supernova and then rise again from the void. There is a time when the life was born on the earth and when it dies it is either buried in land or drowned in water . There is no difference between beginning and end , they are

the same , there is no difference between something and everything else in the world , a world that may or may not exist . Everything follows a cycle which is never known , destroyed or stopped , it never will , .....

The theory 

"Tell me a story" "A story? What kind of story?" "One with a happy ending." "There is no such thing as a happy ending. All endings are sad. Especially, if the story was happy." "Then tell me a happy story, but end it in the middle."<h1>- Reminiscence (2021 film)</h1>

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Could there be a parallel universe identical to our own? If there really is another version of you out there in a parallel universe, what can that teach us about reality?

Another You ...

The existence of multiple universes sounds like science fiction, but observations within theoretical physics suggest it is possible, and potentially inevitable. A key question in this speculative scenario is whether there is a finite or infinite number of universes in the multiverse. In any case, what we know so far indicates that, even if there is an infinite number of universes in the multiverse, what happens in them is in no way related to what happens in our own universe.

Multiple Universes

One of the most compelling ideas in all of physics sounds like pure fiction, but it could actually describe our reality: the idea of a multiverse. In the multiverse scenario, what we know as our universe is just one of many universes that independently and simultaneously exist in parallel to our own. Although there is no compelling evidence that points toward either the existence or nonexistence of the multiverse, it provides us with a rich area for exploration, because the predictions of its existence are firmly rooted in theoretical physics phenomena that are definitively known to exist.

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Physics predicts that the multiverse is real, and that parallel universes are common. Could any of them be identical to ours?

Could there be a parallel universe identical to our own?

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